Tethered projectile toy



Oct. 25, 1949. A, TE'RRELL 2,485,788

TE'IHERED PROJECTILE TOY Filed March 2, 1946 c/OeA. Yrrel/ [N VEN TOR. I BY w KJ ZM A 7'TOlP/VEY Patented Oct. 25, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to toys, or the like, by which entertainment is provided in testing ones skill in its manipulation, and its principal object resides in the provision of a device of simple and economical design yet embodying features reqlliling substantial skill in its proper operation and capable of affording amusement for persons of all ages in manipulating the same in practice in attaining proficiency in its operation.

An object of the invention is that of providing an instrument especially adapted to afford harmless entertainment for children and which induces the practice of synchronization of the hands with the moving toy and provides a medium for proper exercise and recreation.

Broadly, the invention seeks to comprehend the provision of an entertaining toy by which the operator can practice the art of coordination.

While the foregoing objects are paramount, other and lesser objects will become manifest as the description proceeds, taken in connection with the appended drawings wherein:

Figure 1 illustrates the invention, partially in elevation and partially in longitudinal section, showing one end recessed and having a borehole therein.

Figure 2 is an end view of the invention showing the recess and borehole.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the stick by which the invention is caught or arrested in midair.

Figure 4 shows the invention in operation, the stick being held in the hand while the invention is cast into space to be caught thereon, and

Figure 5 illustrates a modified form of the invention having a recess in each end and requiring the use of two sticks in operation.

Accordingly, the invention is preferably formed of Wood or plastic and comprises a substantially cylindrical body It, which may also be biconical in shape, having a substantially conical recess H in one end and a borehole l2 centrally of the recess H and extending longitudinally into said body, as in Figure 1.

On the opposite end of the body in is a device such as eye-screw I3 to which a cord I4 is attached. The opposite end of the cord I4 is secured to an operating stick [5, shown in perspective in Figure 3, which has a handle l6, and opposite the handle a pintle IT. The cord I4 is 2 preferably secured in a circumferential groove I8 between the handle l6 and the pintle H. The cord [4 should be of sufficient length to permit free movement of the body II] when swung into the air while the stick [5 is held in the hand 19 of the operator.

The invention is operated by holding the stick 15 in either hand, as in Figure 4, and casting the body I0 into the air so that the free or recessed end thereof is directed downwardly. While the body In is moving in the air, and as it descends, the stick i5 is manipulated beneath the body so that the pintle I! will enter the borehole 12, guided by the conical recess II, and arrest the body In in its movement. An annular shoulder 20 at the base of the pintle I1 provides a rest for the body Ill.

The cord Hlsimply affords a flexible connection between the body In and the stick 15 to prevent the former from falling to the ground when the operator fails to catch the same on the pintle IT.

A modification of the invention, illustrated in Figure 5, embodies a dual arrangement of recesses ll, one in each end of the body [0, and a borehole l2 extending through the body I0 into each of the recesses ll. TWo cords H are attached at one end to an eye-screw l3 arranged intermediate the ends of the body ll] while their opposite ends are each secured to a stick I5.

By the latter arrangement both hands are employed in operating the invention, one stick I5 being held in each hand, and as the body Ill is cast into the air the operator attempts to catch it by manipulating the pintles ll of both sticks I5 into the borehole l2 at each end of the body Ill. The latter operation usually requires greater skill and coordination of the hands than does the operation of the invention with a single stick l5.

Manifestly the construction herein shown and described is capable of changes and modifications by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and intent of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a skill testing toy, a biconical body having recessed ends and a borehole longitudinally of said body and centrally of said recessed ends, a pair of sticks having handles and pintles opposite said handles, the said sticks, when manually manipulated, being capable of engaging with the longitudinally therethrough centrally of said Number recesses, a pair of sticks having handles and 1,527,532 pintles opposite said handles engageable with the 1 556 794 ends of said borehole when said sticks are manu- 1:923:019

ally manipulated and while said body is in midair 2,024,034 and a pair of cords connecting said sticks with said body.

a JOE A. TERRELL.

4 REFERENCES cn'sn The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Alcaraz Feb. 24. 1925 Manson Oct. 13. 1925 De Silva Aug. 15, 1933 Feitosa Dec. 10, 1935 

